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Stoll, Louise – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
Just as in the United States, political changes in the United Kingdom and other nations affect education policy. Louise Stoll, professor at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education, University of London, offers a different view on policy in these excerpts from a conversation with Tracy Crow, Learning Forward's associate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Professional Development
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Hirsh, Stephanie; Hord, Shirley M. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
A school that ensures that all students--regardless of race, creed, color, socioeconomic status, gender, or disabilities--have access to and receive the highest-quality education has achieved a key measure of social justice. Since the most significant factor in whether students learn well is quality teaching, and teaching is enhanced through…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Participative Decision Making
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Maher, Jeff; Burroughs, Christina; Dietz, Laurel; Karnbach, AnneMarie – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
This article describes how teachers who were once isolated by distance and the nature of their jobs are connecting across schools in online professional learning communities. While riding the wave of technology, St. Mary's County Public Schools in Leonardtown, Maryland, is providing a connection for teachers that extends beyond school walls.…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Teaching (Occupation), Professional Development, Geographic Isolation
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Harrison, Cindy; Bryan, Chris – Journal of Staff Development, 2008
As teachers and leaders are well aware, schools and districts across the country have invested enormous amounts of money and energy in creating data management systems so that teachers can access information about their students' performance. With these systems in place, the focus now needs to move to the structures and allocation of time that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Management Information Systems, Use Studies, Research Utilization